Kabekona Corner, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1977. It stands in Hendrickson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56461. The Survey maps it on the Lake George quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bemidji quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lake George quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Cass Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Kabekona Corner between 1992 and 2018, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kabekona Corner: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bunker Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kabekona Corner in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Kabekona Corner | - | Public reports 2 inch hail in Schoolcraft via Facebook. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kabekona Corner | - | Delayed report. Spotter reports trail cameras caught hail size of golf balls or larger near their home. Damage from the hail to the home included roof damage, outdoor plastic furniture damage, and damage to the siding of the home. Time estimated. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kabekona Corner | - | Several pine and poplar trees snapped or uprooted across Hendrickson and Lake George Townships. Time estimated based on radar and nearby wind sensor reports. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kabekona Corner | - | Dime sized hail and very strong winds were reported. Several large branches and a small pine tree were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kabekona Corner | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Kabekona Corner | - | This tornado tracked northeastward intermittently for roughly 4 miles. The tornado knocked down several large tree branches along its route. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kabekona Corner | - | Large tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kabekona Corner | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Kabekona Corner | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 656840. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




